you guys, 2Pz besties katie vance and matt alexander have been nominated for A MARTHA STEWART AWARD!

specifically, martha's 2013 american made award. please go here and vote as many times as they'll let you (you can vote 5 times a day), and pass it along to all of your friends. the way i see it, once holler design meets martha, i'll have a pretty good chance of dining at her house for thanksgiving. i don't think it's unreasonable.

For three and a half years, Bill de Blasio has been the city’s official gadfly. As Public Advocate, his job has been to point out where the city’s fallen short. And that’s been the primary message of his campaign, up until the last few weeks, when he catapulted to frontrunner status in polls. Now, he’s trying to show voters he also knows how to run things. (via)

Leave it to Kevin Spacey, the first actor in the Edinburgh International Television Festival's 37 year history to deliver the keynote James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture, to outline everything that's wrong with the mindset of today's TV execs.

The House of Cards star had plenty of ammunition to demonstrate definitively that the anti-tech approach will eventually result in the old guard's demise, unless viewers are allowed to determine the means of consumption. (via)